PPS Investments: Sticking to its plans
PPS has continued to hold on to its long-term strategy despite short-term market volatility, writes Johann Barnard
With funds now showing a 10-year track record, PPS Investments can look back with a great degree of satisfaction and the sense that the funds and chosen investment strategies are delivering value to its members, says executive of research and investments David Crosoer. The company is a mutual organisation and the only financial services provider in SA focused exclusively on graduate professionals. Its offerings include tailor-made insurance, health-care solutions and investment funds. "Starting a business in mid-2007, just before the global financial crisis and when equity markets looked relatively expensive, was undoubtedly challenging. "Fortunately, we launched with farsighted shareholders who shared our long-term perspective," Crosoer says. In the period since the world markets were shaken to their core, PPS Investments has grown its funds to include three inflation-targeting unit trusts, an index tracker fund and five funds that aim to outperform relative to the peer or market b...
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